Bigg Boss (Malayalam season 1)
The first season of the Malayalam-language version of the Indian reality television series Bigg Boss was telecast on Asianet from 24 June 2018 to 30 September 2018, lasting 99 episodes. It was produced by Endemol Shine India and actor Mohanlal was the host of the show.[1][2] The show follows a total of 18 contestants, who are isolated from the outside world for 98 days (or 14 weeks) in a custom built house. Each week, one or more of the housemates are evicted by a public vote.
Bigg Boss | |
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Season 1 | |
Presented by | Mohanlal |
No. of days | 98 |
No. of housemates | 18 |
Winner | Sabumon Abdusamad |
Runner-up | Pearle Maaney |
Country of origin | India |
No. of episodes | 99 |
Release | |
Original network | Asianet |
Original release | 24 June – 30 September 2018 |
Season chronology | |
For the first season, a splendid home was set up in Film City, Mumbai.[3][4] The winner was awarded a prize worth ₹1 crore (US$130,000). The show was aired on Asianet channel and is also available on VOD and OTT platform Hotstar.[5] Some new elements called 'Unseen', 'Spicy specials' and 'Bigg Boss Plus' was introduced by way of unseen and extra footage uploaded on Hotstar. Bigg Boss Plus was aired on Asianet Plus and shows part of the day that wasn't included in the episode, from 'wake-up call' to 'lights out'.
The show aired its grand finale on 30 September 2018, declaring Sabumon Abdusamad as the winner of the first season, while Pearle Maaney was the runner-up. The other finalists were Shiyas Kareem, Srinish Aravind, and V. Suresh Thampanoor (in finishing order).[6]
Housemates status
Sr | Housemate | Day entered | Day exited | Status |
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1 | Sabu | Day 1 | Day 98 | Winner |
2 | Pearle | Day 1 | Day 98 | 1st runner-up |
3 | Shiyas | Day 15 | Day 98 | 2nd runner-up |
4 | Srinish | Day 1 | Day 98 | 3rd runner-up |
5 | Suresh | Day 1 | Day 98 | 4th runner-up |
6 | Aditi | Day 1 | Day 95 | Evicted |
7 | Archana | Day 1 | Day 91 | Evicted |
8 | Basheer | Day 1 | Day 84 | Evicted |
9 | Hima | Day 1 | Day 21 | Evicted |
Day 49 | Day 77 | Re-evicted | ||
10 | Anoop | Day 1 | Day 70 | Evicted |
11 | Ranjini | Day 1 | Day 63 | Evicted |
12 | Anjali | Day 35 | Day 43 | Walked |
13 | Diya | Day 1 | Day 42 | Evicted |
14 | Shweta | Day 1 | Day 35 | Evicted |
15 | Deepan | Day 1 | Day 28 | Evicted |
16 | Sreelakshmi | Day 1 | Day 27 | Evicted |
17 | David | Day 1 | Day 7 | Evicted |
18 | Manoj | Day 1 | Day 4 | Walked |
Housemates
The participants in the order of appearance and entrance in the house are:
Original entrants
- Shweta Menon, Film Actress
- Deepan Murali, TV Actor
- Sreelakshmi Sreekumar, Film Actress
- Srinish Aravind, TV Actor
- Hima Shankar, Film Actress
- Aristo Suresh, Singer, Film Actor
- Diya Sana, Social Activist
- Anoop Chandran, Film Actor
- Aditi Rai, Film Actress
- Basheer Bashi, Internet Celebrity
- Manoj K. Verma, Businessman
- Pearle Maaney, TV Host
- David John, Model
- Sabumon Abdusamad, Film Actor
- Archana Suseelan, TV Actress
- Ranjini Haridas, TV Host
Wildcard entrants
- Shiyas Kareem, Model
- Anjali Ameer, Film Actress
Guests
Week(s) | Day(s) | Guest(s) | Purpose of visit |
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7 | Day 48 | Kamal Haasan | To promote their film Vishwaroopam II.[7][8] |
8 | Day 52 | Mukesh | To be a part of the luxury budget task.[9] |
9 | Day 62 | Mohanlal | To celebrate Onam with the housemates.[10] |
14 | Day 97 | All evicted/walked housemates except Sreelakshmi Sreekumar and Swetha Menon | To spend time with the finalists and wish them luck. |
Day 98 | Stephen Devassy | To perform for the contestants. | |
Mohanlal | To invite the finalists to the stage and switch off the Bigg Boss House. |
Weekly summary
The main events in the house are summarized in the table below. A typical week begins with nominations, followed by the luxury budget task, punishment then a task for immunity or anything else, and then the eviction of a housemate on Sunday or Saturday. Evictions, tasks, and other notable events for a particular week are noted in order of sequence.
Week 1 |
Entrances |
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Daily Tasks |
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Captaincy Task |
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Result | Won - Shwetha | |
Nomination |
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Luxury Budget Task |
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Exits |
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Week 2 |
Captaincy Task |
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Result | Won - Ranjini | |
Nomination |
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Luxury Budget Task |
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Task |
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Result | Won - Team B | |
Daily Task |
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Result | Won - Team Archana | |
Secret Task |
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Week 3 |
Captaincy Task |
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Result | Won - Srinish | |
Nomination |
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Entrances |
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Daily Tasks |
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Weekly Task |
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Exit |
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Week 4 |
Captaincy Task |
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Result | Won - Ranjini | |
Nomination |
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Luxury Budget Task |
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Daily Task |
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Other Task |
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Exit | ||
Week 5 | ||
Captaincy Task |
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Result | Won - Pearle | |
Luxury Budget Task |
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Nomination |
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Other Task |
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Exit |
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Week 6 | ||
Captaincy Task |
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Result | Won - Sabumon | |
Entrances |
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Nomination |
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Luxury Budget Task |
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Other Tasks |
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Daily Task |
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Promotional Task |
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Result | Won - Team Pearle | |
Exit |
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Week 7 | ||
Captaincy Task |
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Nomination |
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Luxury Budget Task |
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Daily Task |
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Exit |
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Week 8 | ||
Captaincy Task |
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Result | Won - Shiyas | |
Entrances |
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Nomination |
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Luxury Budget Task |
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Other Task |
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Daily Task |
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Week 9 | ||
Captaincy Task |
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Result | Won - Anoop | |
Nomination |
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Luxury Budget Task |
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Exit |
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Week 10 | ||
Captaincy Task |
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Result | Won - Basheer | |
Nomination |
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Luxury Budget Task |
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Secret Task |
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Daily Tasks |
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Exit |
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Week 11 | ||
Captaincy Task |
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Result | Won - Srinish | |
Nomination |
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Luxury Budget Task |
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Daily Task |
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Sponsored Task |
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Exit | ||
Week 12 | ||
Captaincy Task |
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Result | Won - Aditi | |
Nomination |
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Luxury Budget Task |
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Daily Task |
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Exit |
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Week 13 | ||
Nomination |
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Daily Task |
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Luxury Budget Task |
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Sponsored Task |
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Exit |
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Week 14 (Finale) | ||
Finalists |
During the final week, the public vote for who should win Bigg Boss. The finalists for the title were as follows:
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Luxury Budget Task |
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Daily Task |
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Other Tasks |
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Exit(s) |
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Winner | Sabumon Abdusamad[36] | |
Runner-up | Pearle Maaney[37] | |
Third Place | Shiyas Kareem | |
Fourth Place | Srinish Aravind | |
Fifth Place | Aristo Suresh |
Nominations table
Week 1 | Week 2 | Week 3 | Week 4 | Week 5 | Week 6 | Week 7 | Week 8 | Week 9 | Week 10 | Week 11 | Week 12 | Week 13 | Week 14 | ||||||
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Day 95 | Final | ||||||||||||||||||
Nominees for House Captaincy | All Housemates |
Archana Rajini |
Anoop Shwetha Srinish |
Basheer Rajini Sabumon |
Aditi Archana Pearle |
Anoop Diya Sabumon Suresh |
All Housemates |
Aditi Anoop Shiyas |
Aditi Anoop Archana |
Aditi Basheer Hima |
Archana Hima Srinish |
Aditi Hima Shiyas Suresh |
All Housemates |
No Nominees | |||||
House Captain |
Shweta | Ranjini | Srinish | Ranjini | Pearle | Sabumon | Archana | Shiyas | Anoop | Basheer | Srinish | Aditi | Suresh | No Captain | |||||
Captain's Nomination |
Suresh | None | Ranjini (to save) Sreelakshmi (to evict) |
Aditi Srinish |
Ranjini Shweta |
Basheer Srinish |
Aditi | Archana | None | Pearle | None | Basheer Suresh |
Pearle Shiyas | ||||||
Vote to: | Evict | Save/Evict | Evict | None | Evict | None | Evict | W I N | |||||||||||
Sabumon | Archana Basheer |
Hima Pearle |
Hima Ranjini |
Deepan Srinish |
Ranjini Shweta |
House Captain |
Himself (to evict) |
Pearle Suresh |
No nominations |
Hima (to save) |
No nominations |
Pearle Srinish |
Aditi Shiyas |
Nominated | Winner (Day 98) | ||||
Pearle | Hima Manoj |
Srinish Suresh |
Deepan Hima |
Aditi Deepan |
House Captain |
Archana Ranjini |
Herself (to evict) |
Ranjini Sabumon |
No nominations |
Anoop Sabumon |
No nominations |
Archana Sabumon |
Archana Sabumon |
Nominated | 1st Runner up (Day 98) | ||||
Shiyas | Not in House |
Exempt | Deepan Pearle |
Ranjini Shweta |
Archana Diya |
Himself (to save) |
House Captain |
No nominations |
Anoop Sabumon |
No nominations |
Archana Sabumon |
Archana Sabumon |
Nominated | 2nd Runner up (Day 98) | |||||
Srinish | Aditi Anoop |
Pearle Suresh |
House Captain |
Aditi Sreelakshmi |
Ranjini Sweetha |
Archana Diya |
Himself (to save) |
Anoop Ranjini |
No nominations |
Anoop Hima |
House Captain |
Archana Sabumon |
Archana Sabumon |
Nominated | 3rd Runner up (Day 98) | ||||
Suresh | Aditi Hima |
Deepan Hima |
Basheer Ranjini |
Deepan Sreelakshmi |
Ranjini Shweta |
Archana Diya |
Himself (to evict) |
Basheer Ranjini |
No nominations |
Hima Shiyas |
No nominations |
Archana Sabumon |
House Captain |
Nominated | 4th Runner up (Day 98) | ||||
Aditi | Diya David |
Deepan Pearle |
Anoop Pearle |
Pearle Srinish |
Sabumon Shweta |
Archana Diya |
No nominations |
Pearle Srinish |
No nominations |
Anoop Pearle |
No nominations |
House Captain |
Pearle Srinish |
Nominated | Evicted (Day 95) | ||||
Archana | Aditi David |
Anoop Pearle |
Aditi Sreelakshmi |
Shiyas Sreelakshmi |
Shiyas Shweta |
Anoop Shiyas |
House Captain |
Srinish Suresh |
No nominations |
Hima Shiyas |
No nominations |
Pearle Srinish |
Srinish Suresh |
Evicted (Day 91) | |||||
Basheer | Aditi Srinish |
Deepan Diya |
Ranjini Shweta |
Aditi Sreelakshmi |
Ranjini Shweta |
Archana Diya |
Himself (to save) |
Archana Ranjini |
No nominations |
House Captain |
No nominations |
Pearle Srinish |
Evicted (Day 84) | ||||||
Hima | Aditi Srinish |
Anoop Pearle |
Ranjini Sabumon |
Evicted (Day 21) |
Srinish Suresh |
No nominations |
Anoop Suresh |
No nominations |
Re-evicted (Day 77) | ||||||||||
Anoop | Aditi Srinish |
Deepan Hima |
Hima Ranjini |
Sreelakshmi Srinish |
Ranjini Shweta |
Archana Diya |
Himself (to evict) |
Pearle Srinish |
House Captain |
Hima Shiyas |
Evicted (Day 70) | ||||||||
Ranjini | David Srinish |
House Captain |
Anoop Sabumon |
House Captain |
Basheer Suresh |
Basheer Pearle |
Herself (to save) |
Pearle Suresh |
No nominations |
Evicted (Day 63) | |||||||||
Anjali | Not in House |
Pearle Suresh |
No nominations |
Walked (Day 45) | |||||||||||||||
Diya | Aditi David |
Pearle Suresh |
Ranjini Sreelakshmi |
Aditi Shiyas |
Ranjini Shweta |
Basheer Pearle |
Evicted (Day 42) | ||||||||||||
Shweta | House Captain |
Hima Suresh |
Anoop Basheer |
Deepan Srinish |
Anoop Suresh |
Evicted (Day 35) | |||||||||||||
Sreelakshmi | David Diya |
Anoop Hima |
Archana Sabumon |
Deepan Srinish |
Evicted (Day 28) | ||||||||||||||
Deepan | Aditi Basheer |
Anoop Suresh |
Ranjini Shweta |
Pearle Shiyas |
Evicted (Day 28) | ||||||||||||||
David | Aditi Archana |
Evicted (Day 7) | |||||||||||||||||
Manoj | Diya Hima |
Walked (Day 4) | |||||||||||||||||
Notes | 1 | 2, 3 | 4 | 5, 6 | 7 | 8, 9 | 10, 11, 12, 13, 14 | 15, 16 | 16 | 17, 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | None | ||||
Against Public Vote | Aditi David Diya Hima Srinish Suresh |
Anoop Deepan Hima Pearle Suresh |
Anoop Hima Sabumon Sreelakshmi |
Aditi Deepan Sreelakshmi Srinish |
Ranjini Shweta |
Basheer Diya Pearle Srinish |
Aditi Anoop Pearle Sabu Suresh |
Archana Pearle Ranjini Srinish Suresh |
Anoop Pearle Shiyas |
Aditi Archana Hima Shiyas |
Archana Basheer Pearle Sabumon Srinish Suresh |
Archana Pearle Sabumon Shiyas |
Aditi Pearle Sabumon Shiyas Srinish Suresh |
Pearle Sabumon Shiyas Srinish Suresh | |||||
Walked | Manoj | none | Anjali | none | |||||||||||||||
Re-entry | none | Hima | none | ||||||||||||||||
Evicted | David | No Eviction |
Hima | Sreelakshmi | Shweta | Diya | Eviction Cancelled |
Ranjini | Anoop | Hima | Basheer | Archana | Aditi | Suresh | Srinish | ||||
Deepan | Shiyas | Pearle | |||||||||||||||||
Sabumon |
Notes
- indicates the House Captain.
- indicates the housemate was directly nominated for eviction prior to the regular nominations process.
- indicates the housemate was granted immunity from nominations.
- indicates the winner.
- indicates the first runner up.
- indicates the second runner up.
- indicates the third runner up.
- indicates the fourth runner up.
- ^Note 1 : Manoj left the show due to his poor health conditions.[38]
- ^Note 2 : The house captain was asked to nominate 7 out of all the contestants to be in the nomination list in which the co-housemates could select two for this week's nomination. Captain chose Anoop, Hima, Deepan, Diya, Pearle, Srinish and Suresh.
- ^Note 3 : Pearle and Suresh were safe and Anoop was about to evict but Shweta's decision to forgive him for confronting her in the captaincy task made him safe from eviction. Hence, No housemate evicted on Week 2.
- ^Note 4 : As a new housemate, Shiyas was exempted from the eviction and nomination procedures.[39]
- ^Note 5 : Housemates mutually decided Aditi, Deepan, Pearle, Sreelakshmi, Shiyas and Srinish to be in the nomination list. Later, each housemate chose two among these to be nominated. Finally, Aditi, Deepan, Sreelakshmi, and Srinish got nominated for eviction.
- ^Note 6 : After Sreelakshmi's eviction on day 27, Deepan was evicted on day 28. For the first time, two housemates were evicted from the house in the same week.
- ^Note 7 : Housemates were assembled in the activity area. They individually asked to paint the face and shared the opinion about their nominations. Ranjini and Shweta were nominated for eviction with seven and ten votes respectively and on day 35, Shweta evicted from the show after facing the public votes.[40]
- ^Note 8 : As a new housemate, Anjali was exempted from being nominated but she was allowed to nominate two housemates.[41]
- ^Note 9 : Archana saved herself from eviction by winning the captaincy task.
- ^Note 10 : Aditi and Anjali could not end up in a decision about their nomination. Both the housemates were not ready to be nominated for eviction.
- ^Note 11 : Bigg Boss ordered Archana to choose one between Anjali and Aditi for the eviction. Archana chose Aditi saying that Anjali has recently come to the house.
- ^Note 12 : On Day 44, Anjali was taken to the hospital after becoming ill and on Day 45, she left the show due to her poor health conditions.
- ^Note 13 : Aditi received fewer votes and was technically evicted from the show but Anjali Ameer called and asked Mohanlal that nobody should be evicted from the house. She said that she loves Aditi a lot. She requested Mohanlal to avoid the eviction at any cost. Upon Anjali's request, the eviction was canceled.
- ^Note 14 : On Day 49, ex-contestant Hima Shankar re-entered the house as a wildcard.
- ^Note 15 : Hima was exempted from being nominated but she was allowed to nominate two housemates.
- ^Note 16 : Keralites were not able to vote in the poll due to heavy rain and flood. Mohanlal revealed that the same nominees will be there in the eviction list on next week too.
- ^Note 17 : On day 63, by winning a task, Ranjini achieved immune to be safe in the next nominations but later, she was evicted on the same day after facing the public votes and passed on her immune power to Archana.
- ^Note 18 : On day 63, by winning a task, Sabumon achieved a special power to save a nominated housemate. He saved Hima from the nominations.
- ^Note 19 : The nomination procedure was based on a task. Housemates had a balloon tied up to their feet and each should safeguard it from others. Housemates, who fail to save the balloon were nominated for eviction.
- ^Note 20 : The housemates were asked to pierce knife into the heart shape over the photos of two contestants, whom they think doesn't deserve to be in the finale. Archana, Pearle, Sabumon and Srinsh were voted the most. Later, the captain Aditi was given her special power to nominate any housemates directly. She nominated Basheer and Suresh. Hence Archana, Basheer, Pearle, Sabumon, Srinsh and Suresh are nominated for the eviction.
- ^Note 21 : Since Suresh never became a house captain till week 12, he was appointed as the house captain for one day (Monday, the day of nomination). But the housemates were allowed to nominate the captain for eviction.
- ^Note 22 : On Day 95, Bigg Boss ordered everyone to assemble in the garden area announced that there will be a mid-week elimination. Aditi Rai evicted from the house for receiving the fewest votes to win Bigg Boss.
Ratings and viewership
Official ratings are taken from BARC India.
Grand Premiere | Grand Finale | ||
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Viewers (in millions) | TVR Rating | Viewers (in millions) | TRP Rating |
20.5[42] | 10.33[43] | 60.15 | 30.99 |
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